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a pastor says school choice is a civil rights issue. he might be right. we are part of the country that tries school choice as benefits, especially minorities. too much the government says here is a school in your district, it is failing, tough luck. people in detroit have had enough of this. a percent of the parents in detroit would have enough choice would take another choice. families want the screen to choose to send their kids were they would like to send them. i want them to have as many choices as possible. i live where public schools are good. my kids are sent to the public high school in kentucky. in my county, my kids can choose from five different schools. they have to compete with each other. i cannot understand how anyone could be against competition, empowering parents with choice. the freedom to innovate is important. charter schools get rid of this top-down approach, one-size-fits-all. study showed charter kids learn more material than their counterparts. opponents of school choice complained and say that his government money. you sent gov
a pastor says school choice is a civil rights issue. he might be right. we are part of the country that tries school choice as benefits, especially minorities. too much the government says here is a school in your district, it is failing, tough luck. people in detroit have had enough of this. a percent of the parents in detroit would have enough choice would take another choice. families want the screen to choose to send their kids were they would like to send them. i want them to have as many...
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she was among four civil law right leaders who helped sparks months of demonstrations that helped bring about reform in south africa and freedom for trade unions there. she said it was time to celebrate his long and worthy life of making life better for many people. >> there's not a lot to mourn if you consider the life he lived and his gift to the world. we always mourn for the passing of one of the great men of our time. but in south africa, they're dancing. they are jubilant because their freedom is a straight line from his sacrifice. >>> the national museum of african art is another place to sign a condolence book for mandela. it will be available until next friday during regular visiting hours. you can also post messages on the website or facebook page. >>> metro is doing track work on all five rail lines this morning i. could put a wrench in your plans. in northern virginia, the arlington cemetery station is closed this weekend. you can take a free shuttle bus and you can only get to arlington cemetery on a bus leaving the pentagon city station. you may have to wait as much as 20
she was among four civil law right leaders who helped sparks months of demonstrations that helped bring about reform in south africa and freedom for trade unions there. she said it was time to celebrate his long and worthy life of making life better for many people. >> there's not a lot to mourn if you consider the life he lived and his gift to the world. we always mourn for the passing of one of the great men of our time. but in south africa, they're dancing. they are jubilant because...
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neil: that's right. >> it seems perhaps therefore a pay dispute between kozloswki and the tyco board at the time that should have been settled between the parties, at worse taken care of through civil litigation. but this happened post enron just after enron imploded. neil: weird timing on that. >> a hostile environment. prosecutors were looking for the next enron. and the next high profile executive that could be prosecuted and held up as the scapegoat. i am afraid that is what happened in this case. it was a bad time for corporate executives, kozloswki was among highest paid at the time. it made him an easy target. neil: i am really esighted about this -- excited about this book, i hope you can come down when it comes out thank you it will be a page turner. >> thank you uneil. neil: all right to a former corporate titan who served hid time even after prosecutor failed to nab him. when fed got a hold of former health south ceo for a second trial they did t, they used his life style to make his point, he must be doing something wrong becausely had a lot of plenty to supposedly get hi
neil: that's right. >> it seems perhaps therefore a pay dispute between kozloswki and the tyco board at the time that should have been settled between the parties, at worse taken care of through civil litigation. but this happened post enron just after enron imploded. neil: weird timing on that. >> a hostile environment. prosecutors were looking for the next enron. and the next high profile executive that could be prosecuted and held up as the scapegoat. i am afraid that is what...
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school choice is the civil rights issue of our day. we might be right. very part of the country that tries school choice or charter schools have seen benefits. touchdown of the time the government said if it's a school in your district, a crummy school, tough luck. i know people in detroit had enough of this. there was a poll not too long ago that said 80% of the parents in detroit would accept it, ould take another choice if it were available. families want this freedom to choose to send their kids where send them.like to i want them to have as many possible.s >> in my county, they can go to any one of the five high schools. i can't understand how anyone could be against competition or empowering parents with choice. you have to get rid of the controls coming from washington. charter schools get rid of the top-down approach. one size fits all. band ateds that come from washington. charter kids school learn more rate.al at a faster some opponents from school choice complain, that's government money. you send government money to private or religious schoo
school choice is the civil rights issue of our day. we might be right. very part of the country that tries school choice or charter schools have seen benefits. touchdown of the time the government said if it's a school in your district, a crummy school, tough luck. i know people in detroit had enough of this. there was a poll not too long ago that said 80% of the parents in detroit would accept it, ould take another choice if it were available. families want this freedom to choose to send their...
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you have the civil rights agenda that's coming into fruition. you've got the supreme court now taking up an aspect of obama care, but also that touches on first amendment rights. so a whole lot of pieces of this puzzle that are going to -- i think can be problematic for both parties. but certainly for the republican party if they don't understand how to message themselves and put in place, i think, substantive policies that begin to address some of these issues. >> and you know, john, it's interesting. you get the sense that republicans do sort of see that. eric cantor this week talking about the fact that the gop needs to be able to answer a basic question, how do we address the fundamental problems that people have. with all of that menu of issues you heard michael steele mention, do republicans now run the risk of hubris, thinking obama care means we can go whole hog. we don't have to worry about really appearing uncompassionate when a lot of americans are changing their minds about things like minimum wage or food stamps or i might be one of
you have the civil rights agenda that's coming into fruition. you've got the supreme court now taking up an aspect of obama care, but also that touches on first amendment rights. so a whole lot of pieces of this puzzle that are going to -- i think can be problematic for both parties. but certainly for the republican party if they don't understand how to message themselves and put in place, i think, substantive policies that begin to address some of these issues. >> and you know, john,...
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distinguish e to between joining the civil rights movement but also supported -- his father supported the sale to land to african-americans. of the major forms of discrimination that was pursued. sold some of his land to african-americans and school ter ran for the board and state senate, one of the issues was the closing of segregation.ver carter was very strong about not shutting the schools. plains, those were preside /* the kind of issues. >> he was endorsing george he was running for president. i think it's complicated but in the end they make the journey. me that's what is interesting to watch the change over time. >> michael in mississippi. air next.the caller: good evening. wo months ago marked the carter's involvement in the 30th nniversary of the habitat for humanity. i was wanted to know how did hey become involved in the organization initially? >> well, habitat, as you may know, was founded in georgia and t's only seven miles from plains. the people who founded habitat and friends of the carters the carters really liked the idea. agreed to in the early years was that their
distinguish e to between joining the civil rights movement but also supported -- his father supported the sale to land to african-americans. of the major forms of discrimination that was pursued. sold some of his land to african-americans and school ter ran for the board and state senate, one of the issues was the closing of segregation.ver carter was very strong about not shutting the schools. plains, those were preside /* the kind of issues. >> he was endorsing george he was running for...
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the lopez family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputy and the department. the santa rosa police department is still investigating the shooting. now the county board of supervisors meeting gets started at 8:30 this morning. along with appointing members to this community and law enforcement task force, we're told supervisors are also expected to decide on whether to move ahead and explore the possibility of creating a memorial park in honor of andy lopez in the field where he was shot and killed. live this morning in santa rosa, alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> people living on treasure island will meet today to hear details of a major cleanup effort that will force them from their homes. people in two dozen homes are being moved temporarily while the navy cleans up chemicals found in the soil. those people will likely be moved to other housing on the island and will move out in phases starting in april. the navy says that despite the chemical cleanup, treasure island is a safe place toly live. but it could be as late as 2020 before the toxic waste is c
the lopez family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputy and the department. the santa rosa police department is still investigating the shooting. now the county board of supervisors meeting gets started at 8:30 this morning. along with appointing members to this community and law enforcement task force, we're told supervisors are also expected to decide on whether to move ahead and explore the possibility of creating a memorial park in honor of andy lopez in the field where...
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so the two things i end up by saying, i'm reminded of something the civil rights leader when he said we may have arrived on these shores in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now. what's going on in this town is that too often, the two political parties, you think they're from different countries. they view the other side as the enemy, not the fell blow citizens with whom they occasionally disagree. but in the long run, they have the sate fate, interests in common. we have to reconcile our differences, not accentuate them. but we forget we come from a common country and common heritage and for sure a common destiny. final thing i say, this is something that no labels is working to overcome. in this city today, what all of you have to do every section is forge principle compromise, the word compromise, back in the dale, my father's time, that was an act of statesmanship. today it's a act of betrayal. if you don't work with your party 100% of the time, you're ostracized, there's something wrong with you. you can see this on cable tv and a variety of other things. i'll fini
so the two things i end up by saying, i'm reminded of something the civil rights leader when he said we may have arrived on these shores in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now. what's going on in this town is that too often, the two political parties, you think they're from different countries. they view the other side as the enemy, not the fell blow citizens with whom they occasionally disagree. but in the long run, they have the sate fate, interests in common. we have to...
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rights leader said when he said, we may have arrived on these shores in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now. what's going on in this town is that too often, the two political parties, you would think they were from different countries. they view the other side as the enemy, not as foul citizens. we have interests in common. we've got to reconcile our differences, not accentuate them. we forget we come from a common country with a common heritage, and for sure a common destiny. final thing i would say, and this is something that no labels is working to overcome, in this city today what all of you have to do every session in your state legislatures, forge principle compromised. the word cover my switchback in the day my father son used to be viewed as that's an act of statesmanship. today it is used as an act of betrayal. if you don't vote with your party, joe manchin was saying, 100% of the time, you are ostracized. there's something wrong with you. you can see this on cable tv. so i'll just finish by recounting some words that lyndon johnson who was a master legislature
rights leader said when he said, we may have arrived on these shores in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now. what's going on in this town is that too often, the two political parties, you would think they were from different countries. they view the other side as the enemy, not as foul citizens. we have interests in common. we've got to reconcile our differences, not accentuate them. we forget we come from a common country with a common heritage, and for sure a common destiny....
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civil rights advocate ladoris cordell will head an head an independent task force. members will look into what rules were broken and recommend changes to ensure student safety. four white students are accused of tormenting a black dorm-mate. >> some scary moments for shoppers. about 15 shoppers and workers were hurt when a car smashed into the trader joe's in oceanside, new york. police say an elderly woman lost control of her vehicle and went through the store windows. a witness decribed the >> it came right through the registers, it knocked over all of our registers that's the first thing i saw was the registers being backed up and one of my very close personal friends, i just grabbed her and pulled her out. >> now word on what caused the loss of vehicle control. 12 people were taken to the hosptial -- two of them seriously hurt. >> lane is approaching the bay area and we're even seen snow. here is looks from highway 24. the snow levels are bought 3,000 ft.. and no. we are seen snow down towards a thousand feet. we even have heavy rain in the north bay. this is fo
civil rights advocate ladoris cordell will head an head an independent task force. members will look into what rules were broken and recommend changes to ensure student safety. four white students are accused of tormenting a black dorm-mate. >> some scary moments for shoppers. about 15 shoppers and workers were hurt when a car smashed into the trader joe's in oceanside, new york. police say an elderly woman lost control of her vehicle and went through the store windows. a witness decribed...
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the lopez family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputy and the department. and the santa rosa police department continues to investigate that shooting. now, the county board of supervisors may be getting underway along with the task force. they will be taking up the issue of establishing a memorial park at the site that andy lopez was shot and killed. live this morning in santa rosa, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police made an arrest in the deadly shooting of the daly city man trying to sell a video consul. police say the suspect, ronnie collins. he's accused of killing 22-year- old ikenna uwakah in the bayview district sunday afternoon. police say the two met on a street corner to discuss the sell of a sony playstation 4. the victim's father says his son often made sales on the street. >> he does that all of the tie. he buys telephones and electronics. >> police have charged the suspect with murder and attempted robbery. >>> 8:37. residents on treasure island meet today. they will hear details of a major cleanup operation of chemical
the lopez family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputy and the department. and the santa rosa police department continues to investigate that shooting. now, the county board of supervisors may be getting underway along with the task force. they will be taking up the issue of establishing a memorial park at the site that andy lopez was shot and killed. live this morning in santa rosa, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police made an arrest in the...
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the charges include allegations that employees of the department deprived jail prisoners of civil rights, also obstruction of justice allegations. apparent attempts to cover up the truth after it became clear that cases were under investigation. some of the most outlandish alleged behavior started after it became known that an informant in the jail was working with the fbi. the u.s. attorney's office said employees of the sheriff's department went so far as to try to get a judge to release names of everybody involved in the investigation and when that didn't work, allegedly tried to put the squeeze on an fbi agent. >> despite a judge's refusal to issue this order because he had no jurisdiction over the federal agency, two los angeles county sheriff's deputies, sergeants, allegedly confronted an fbi special agent outside her residence in an attempt to intimidate her into providing details about the investigation. >> reporter: now, in the past, sheriff lee bacca has said it was the fbi who was breaking the law and said there was really no attempt to intimidate the fbi agent. it doesn't rea
the charges include allegations that employees of the department deprived jail prisoners of civil rights, also obstruction of justice allegations. apparent attempts to cover up the truth after it became clear that cases were under investigation. some of the most outlandish alleged behavior started after it became known that an informant in the jail was working with the fbi. the u.s. attorney's office said employees of the sheriff's department went so far as to try to get a judge to release...
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we fought a civil war over this once before, you know, and i just don't think it is right. who --tion would be -- president obama when he severed -- when hed look for sat for 20 years and listen to reverend wright? guest: you know, i'm not quite sure how to answer that question. that there is a lot of variation between the states and the federal systems, and that is really one of the things that we found was that there is so much of a difference between a federal standards and the states, and the states really have so much variation between them. some of them -- the rules are state, soto the you have the separation of powers, you have the state rights. they would have a really unique form and unique standards. i could give examples of your interested. host: sure. guest: in new jersey, they asked the justices to discuss if they own any property in atlantic city. atlantic city geographically the tiny part of new jersey. i guess this came from interest in making sure there were not corruptive influences and gambling. in north carolina, they asked for any -- if anyone who ifoin
we fought a civil war over this once before, you know, and i just don't think it is right. who --tion would be -- president obama when he severed -- when hed look for sat for 20 years and listen to reverend wright? guest: you know, i'm not quite sure how to answer that question. that there is a lot of variation between the states and the federal systems, and that is really one of the things that we found was that there is so much of a difference between a federal standards and the states, and...